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pericardium

/ˌpɛɹɪˈkɑː(ɹ)di.əm/

pericardium noun: a serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.

Noun

pericardium (plural pericardia or pericardiums)

  1. A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
    • The Pericardium is sometimes swelled, as overcharged with too great a quantity of Serous Liquor, making a kind of Dropsie […]1685, Samuel Collins, “Of the Diseases of the Pericardium, and their Cures”, in The Second Volume, containing The Parts of the Middle and Highest Apartiment of Man's Body (And other Animals)

pericardium meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian

pericardium in Tamil

இதய உறை, இதய வெளியுறை, இதயச்சுற்று, இதயப்புறப்பை, இதயவுறை, இதயஉறை

pericardium in Tagalog

serous membrane that surrounds the heart
bambampuso

pericardium in Arabic

serous membrane that surrounds the heart
تَأْمُور taʔmūr

pericardium in Indonesian

serous membrane that surrounds the heart
perikardium
More languagesFewer languages
pericardium in Persian
پیراشامه pirâšâme, آبشامه âb-šâme, پریکارد perikârd

Synonyms of pericardium

Forms of pericardium

pluralpericardia
pluralpericardiums

Origin of pericardium

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion).

Words formed from pericardium

Questions about pericardium

What does pericardium mean?
Pericardium means a serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
What is pericardium in Tamil?
Pericardium in Tamil is இதய உறை, இதய வெளியுறை, இதயச்சுற்று. See Pericardium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pericardium?
Pericardium is a noun.
How do you pronounce pericardium?
Pericardium is pronounced /ˌpɛɹɪˈkɑː(ɹ)di.əm/.
What is the plural of pericardium?
The plural of pericardium is pericardia.

Words near pericardium in the dictionary

  1. pericardiotomy
  2. pericardites
  3. pericarditic
  4. pericarditides
  5. pericarditis
  6. pericardium
  7. pericardiums
  8. pericariditis
  9. pericarp
  10. pericarpal
  11. pericarpial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pericardium (page history and authors); pericardium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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